Body: In the spirit of Thanksgiving I wanted to give you some insight into one of the greatest places for sharing and discovering presentations. Now is the time to build community on SlideShare.  A number of us have been using SlideShare.Net for nearly a year.  Recent innovations have really put it over the top in terms of obvious business value.  The audience on that site has grown significantly as well providing a great opportunity to get technology cross over audiences.   I just got back ... Read Full Story

Body: By now you’ve heard that lists are more scalable. You’ve may have heard that you no longer have to worry about the 2000 item limits.  What is the reality of this situation? There are a number of improvements that you should understand that make these lists more scalable, but I find statements like “No more 2000 items per view limits” can be easily misunderstood.  While it’s understandable that both the new schema for the content database around lists is more scalable, the throttling and... Read Full Story

I did a session yesterday on SharePoint in the SQL track at Teched Europe in Berlin.  I included Todd Klindt, who also speaks a lot on SQL and SharePoint so we could really reach both the SQL and SharePoint Audience.  We had a packed room with nearly 50/50 SQL and SharePoint Crowds.  We had over a third with 1TB plus environments and a few SharePoint newbies.  In the session I really wanted to give a sneak peak of the SharePoint 2010 databases at the same time address the gap between SharePoi... Read Full Story

I did a session yesterday on SharePoint in the SQL track at Teched Europe in Berlin.  I included Todd Klindt, who also speaks a lot on SQL and SharePoint so we could really reach both the SQL and SharePoint Audience.  We had a packed room with nearly 50/50 SQL and SharePoint Crowds.  We had over a third with 1TB plus environments and a few SharePoint newbies.  In the session I really wanted to give a sneak peak of the SharePoint 2010 databases at the same time address the gap between SharePoi... Read Full Story

Now that SPC is over it seems there is a flurry of blogs, books, and training that is all lining up to help us get smarter about SharePoint 2010.   Microsoft’s SharePoint 2010 Ignite for Developers/Admins for Partners (Final locations appear completely booked.) Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog : SharePoint 2010 Partner Training for SharePoint 2007 Partners!  (Apparently the link is currently down with 404, the Amsterdam training was this week, the Berlin training is in the next couple of weeks,... Read Full Story

Now that SPC is over it seems there is a flurry of blogs, books, and training that is all lining up to help us get smarter about SharePoint 2010.   Microsoft’s SharePoint 2010 Ignite for Developers/Admins for Partners (Final locations appear completely booked.) Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog : SharePoint 2010 Partner Training for SharePoint 2007 Partners!  (Apparently the link is currently down with 404, the Amsterdam training was this week, the Berlin training is in the next couple of weeks,... Read Full Story

The Secrets to Successfully Migrating Exchange Public Folders to SharePoint Wednesday, November 18th, 2009, 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM London / 5:00 PM Paris Register Exchange Public Folders are being replaced by SharePoint in many organizations, because it is a better choice for document sharing and collaboration applications. Once you’ve made the decision to migrate to SharePoint, how do you ensure a successful project from both the content migration and end-user adoption points o... Read Full Story

The Secrets to Successfully Migrating Exchange Public Folders to SharePoint Wednesday, November 18th, 2009, 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM London / 5:00 PM Paris Register Exchange Public Folders are being replaced by SharePoint in many organizations, because it is a better choice for document sharing and collaboration applications. Once you’ve made the decision to migrate to SharePoint, how do you ensure a successful project from both the content migration and end-user adoption points o... Read Full Story

In the Upgrade to SharePoint 2007 there were 3 popular methods.  In Place, Gradual, and Database Attach.  In place was a scenario that many of us took as a no starter and many of us even went so far as to say NEVER do it.  Now the message is there are two methods for upgrade.  In place and Database attach.  Despite the fact that gradual upgrade as we knew it is dead, what we got from gradual upgrade we still have.  What do I mean? There is NO supported method to run both the 2007 and 2010 bit... Read Full Story

In the Upgrade to SharePoint 2007 there were 3 popular methods.  In Place, Gradual, and Database Attach.  In place was a scenario that many of us took as a no starter and many of us even went so far as to say NEVER do it.  Now the message is there are two methods for upgrade.  In place and Database attach.  Despite the fact that gradual upgrade as we knew it is dead, what we got from gradual upgrade we still have.  What do I mean? There is NO supported method to run both the 2007 and 2010 bit... Read Full Story